SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Gov. Newsom, joined by Sen. Holly J. Mitchell on Wednesday, signed a bill that would prohibit racial discrimination based on hairstyles in the workplace and at California schools.

The bill, SB 188, is also called the The CROWN Act: Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair.

The Crown Act outlaws policies that target primarily African-Americans. The California State Assembly unanimously passed the bill last month.

"For years there have been too many cases of black employees and applicants denied employment or promotion and even terminated because of the way they choose to wear their hair," said Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager-Dove.